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From Amateur Asset Allocator - view blog entries - visit this blogJune 3, 2008 at 7:00 am ET
As a certified white person, I love multilingualism and one day aspire to speak at least 17 different languages, the more obscure the better. French students are a dime a dozen, but how many people do ... ( more)
From Amateur Asset Allocator - view blog entries - visit this blogJune 2, 2008 at 7:00 am ET
David Swenson is no stranger to the institutional investment community. He has famously managed the Yale University endowment fund since 1985, achieving annualized returns of 17.8% per year over the last decade. His investment approach, ... ( more)
From Amateur Asset Allocator - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 31, 2008 at 11:56 pm ET
My post exploring whether or not the falling dollar will cause inflation was highlighted as an editor’s pick in this week’s carnival of personal finance #154 hosted by Canadian Dream. Great job hosting and thanks ... ( more)
From Amateur Asset Allocator - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 30, 2008 at 7:00 am ET
It’s officially summer (in North America), which means sun, short days at the office, short skirts, and vacation! Most people have been looking forward to their vacation for months now, and have planned accordingly. Consequently, ... ( more)
From Amateur Asset Allocator - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 29, 2008 at 7:00 am ET
April 2008 inflation numbers were released by the BLS recently, causing quite a stir. According to the BLS, the official CPI-U index (yes, this index includes food and energy) was up moderate 3.9% over the past ... ( more)
From Amateur Asset Allocator - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 28, 2008 at 7:00 am ET
The for-profit mutual fund industry has never been known for looking after their mutual fund investors’ best interests, but every once in a while a product so terrible (even by industy standards) you just have ... ( more)
From Amateur Asset Allocator - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 27, 2008 at 7:00 am ET
How did rich people get that way? One word: leverage, which according to Investopedia is
“The use of various financial instruments…such as margin…to increase the potential return of an investment.”
Employing leverage, also known as Other People’s Money ... ( more)
From Amateur Asset Allocator - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 26, 2008 at 1:49 am ET
Memorial Day is a day to remember fallen American soldiers and show respect for their sacrifice. Unfortunately, the loss of life never ends. This newest battle is for the very soul of America: our beer! InBev, ... ( more)
From Amateur Asset Allocator - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 25, 2008 at 9:17 pm ET
My post Don’t Invest Like Warren Buffett was included in this week’s Carnival of Personal Finance #153 hosted by Money And Values.
Here are a few of my favorite posts from this week’s carnival.
What GTA IV ... ( more)
From Amateur Asset Allocator - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 22, 2008 at 10:38 pm ET
Seeing as how it’s the Friday before Memorial Day and I am feeling lazy as a result, here’s your Friday link (instead of a full-on post). It’s a comparison before the Chevrolet Volt of 2010 ... ( more)
From Amateur Asset Allocator - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 22, 2008 at 8:00 am ET
Last week, I came across this publication (opens pdf in new window) put together by the Association For Insured Retirement Solutions (Hmmm, I wonder if they have an agenda?) rebutting what they call common “misconceptions” about variable annuities. According to ... ( more)
From Amateur Asset Allocator - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 21, 2008 at 8:00 am ET
For a few brief months every four years, Washington pretends to actually care what the rest of the nation thinks. That magical, mystical time is commonly referred to as “election year”. In case ... ( more)
From Amateur Asset Allocator - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 20, 2008 at 6:00 am ET
According to popular tradition, one particularly harmful affect of a depreciating dollar is the prospect of an uptick in consumer price inflation. Denial of this self-evident truth is usually met with a vitriolic tirade of ... ( more)
From Amateur Asset Allocator - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 19, 2008 at 6:00 am ET
Last week, Morningstar writer Christine Benz wrote a piece entitled Four Investment Rules To Ignore in which she details investment “rules” that may seem logical at first glance but are actually counterproductive. It’s all pretty standard ... ( more)
From Amateur Asset Allocator - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 18, 2008 at 1:02 pm ET
Carnival Of Personal Finance
Thanks to Money Under 30 for including my post about the attributes of a good dividend stock in last week’s Carnival of Personal Finance #152.
Here are my two favorite posts of the carnival.
Kevin from No Debt ... ( more)
From Amateur Asset Allocator - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 16, 2008 at 1:40 am ET
Legendary Sequoia fund reopened May 1st, 2008 after more than 25 years. Since closing on December 21, 1982 Sequoia managers Ruane, Cunniff, and Goldfarb claim assets under management have declined from $5 billion to $3.8 ... ( more)
From Amateur Asset Allocator - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 15, 2008 at 6:00 am ET
Former and current employees of Wal-Mart (WMT) last month filed a lawsuit (currently seeking class-action status) seeking $60 million in damages from the world’s largest retailer alleging excessive fees in the company’s retirement plan. ... ( more)
From Amateur Asset Allocator - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 14, 2008 at 6:00 am ET
Nobody questions Warren Buffett’s investment ability. He is a singularly talented investor, business man, and one of the most respected men in the world. When Buffett talks, people listen. There are plenty of Buffet-mimickers out there. ... ( more)
From Amateur Asset Allocator - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 13, 2008 at 8:00 am ET
Free Cash Flow is a firm’s net income plus depreciation/amortization and all other non-cash charges - minus changes in working capital and capital expenditures. It may sound complicated at first glance, but all that really means ... ( more)
From Amateur Asset Allocator - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 11, 2008 at 3:11 pm ET
Often when speaking of relations with the Soviet Union, Ronald Reagan would toss out the phrase “trust, but verify“. Reagan reportedly repeated this old Russian proverb (Russian: Доверяй, но проверяй) at the signing of the INF treaty to which ... ( more)
From Amateur Asset Allocator - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 10, 2008 at 12:24 pm ET
Carnival of Personal Finance
This week’s Carnival of Personal Finance #151 was hosted by Kimberly Palmer over at the Alpha Consumer, one of the bloggers at US News & World Report (classy!). My article on how the ... ( more)
From Amateur Asset Allocator - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 9, 2008 at 8:00 am ET
Welcome to part III of my series examining the attributes of good dividend stocks. When buying a stock for income, the safety of the dividend is of utmost importance. Dividend cuts are frowned upon because ... ( more)
From Amateur Asset Allocator - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 8, 2008 at 8:00 am ET
Welcome to part II of my series examining the attributes of good dividend stocks. The first thing to look for when analyzing a dividend stock is its dividend history. A long record of rising dividend ... ( more)
From Amateur Asset Allocator - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 6, 2008 at 11:00 pm ET
Dividend paying stocks are the bread and butter of every income investor living off their portfolio income (or aspiring to, anyway). As far as passive income strategies go, dividend-paying stocks sit at the top of the heap. ... ( more)
From Amateur Asset Allocator - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 6, 2008 at 8:00 am ET
My 8th grade sunday school teacher was a billionaire, the 380th richest man in America (and 799th richest man in the world), in fact, according to the Forbes 400 2007 list. With a net worth ... ( more)
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